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Medica Insurance

Medica, an independent and nonprofit company, is one of the largest health insurers in the Upper Midwest. Based in suburban Minneapolis-St. Paul, Medica has 1.4 million members in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota and other states.

Medica offers many low cost medical and dental plan health insurance choices to individuals of all ages and life stages, including recent graduates, people between jobs, and the self-employed. And it provides a broad range of health coverage options and related services to local, regional and national employers and to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

Medica has the highest accreditation status, Excellent, from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA?) for its Minnesota Medicaid HMO plans and commercial fully-insured health plans in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota. Medica also has achieved Quality Plus Distinction for Physician and Hospital Quality from the NCQA.

Medica’s Facts at a Glance

Founded In: December 30, 1974

Number of Employees: Approximately 1100 full-time employees

Coverage Area: 50 states, Primary service area: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Western Wisconsin

Membership: 1.4 million

Network: The Medica Choice network is one of the region’s largest, with more than 200 hospitals, thousands of clinics and nearly 27,000 health care providers.Medica also offers access to one of the largest national networks including nearly 5,000 hospitals coast-to-coast, hundreds of thousands of pharmacies and clinics, and 500,000 health care professionals

Medica’s Awards and Recognitions

First national winner, Driving Value in Health Care Award, The Leapfrog Group/National Business Coalition on Health, 2006

Two 2005 National Business Coalition on Health eValue8 Innovation awards

HealthLeaders magazine Top U.S. Health Plan Leadership Team, 2004

The highest accreditation, Excellent, by NCQA for Commercial and Medicaid plans